Meetings 101

We’ve witnessed a few meetings recently that have been inefficient, ineffective and in some cases detrimental to the business that was holding them.

Some of those meetings could have been saved by good planning, some by good process, others by better facilitation, and one or two by not happening at all. Here’s a quick check-list from the archives to help you to have better, more productive, motivating and worthwhile meetings. Let us know how you get on.

Why

Why have a meeting at all?

Objective?

What

What do we need to know before we can start?

What information needs to be circulated?

What needs finding out?

What do we need to present to bring everyone up to speed on the subject?